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    School board mulls updates to district tobacco policies
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • July 6, 2021 2:30 am

    Changes include banning clothing promoting tobacco use and adding language about electronic smoking devices.

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    Alaska State Capitol
    Lawmakers announce PFD working group
    By Peter Segall • July 6, 2021 2:30 am

    First meeting Wednesday.

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    A warning by Facebook content moderators denoting sensitive content is superimposed on a post shared by Alaska House Rep. Ron Gillham, R-Kenai-Soldotna. Gillham shared a post comparing media and medical professionals to Nazi-era war criminals on his Facebook page on June 21, 2021. (Screenshot)
    Kenai lawmaker shares photo comparing media and medical...
    By Camille Botello • June 30, 2021 6:30 am

    Republican Ron Gillham represents the Kenai-Soldotna area in the Alaska State House of Representatives.

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    A registered nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the pop-up clinic on the Spit on May 27. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    State recalculates lower peninsula vaccination rate
    By Michael Armstrong • June 30, 2021 2:30 am

    Even with new adjustment, Homer area has almost a 61% single-dose vaccination rate.

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    The old Homer Halibut Derby Shack is refreshed and updated to open  as the new Spit Visitor Information Center, as seen here on Friday, June 25, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Christina Whiting)
    New Spit visitor center opens
    By Michael Armstrong • June 30, 2021 2:30 am

    Ribbon cutting is today for new Spit Visitor Information Center.

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    Soldotna City Hall is seen on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Soldotna to end Zoom access for meetings
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 30, 2021 2:30 am

    Soldotna Mayor Paul Whitney wrote in a June 23 memo to the council that the need for video conferencing had decreased.

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration and Assembly meet for a joint work session with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.
    School district submits plan as part of 3rd...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 30, 2021 2:30 am

    The funds come with conditions.

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    Meilani Schijvens, owner of Rain Coast Data, shared the 2021 Business Climate Survey results with members of the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce Thursday. The data show that the pandemic-related tourism restrictions battered communities in Southeast Alaska. (Dana Zigmund/Juneau Empire)
    Business climate survey shows pandemic’s outsize local impact
    By Dana Zigmund • June 30, 2021 2:30 am

    Southeast Alaska one of the country’s hardest-hit areas

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    Peninsula remains in low alert level for COVID-19...
    By Michael Armstrong • June 30, 2021 12:30 am

    Alaska, peninsula remain in low alert level.

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    A registered nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the pop-up clinic on the Spit on May 27. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    New data shows fully-vaccinated rate of about 74%...
    By Michael Armstrong • June 23, 2021 2:30 am

    Pop-up clinic is part of ‘Sleeves Up for Summer’ campaign

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    Shell Perretta, left, and David Boissonault, right, sit on a bench on Thursday, June 7, 2021, they donated in memory of Perretta's late mother, Hilary Adams. Homer Parks staff installed the bench on the Homer Spit Trail near the wreck of the Try Again II that day. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Memorial bench installed on Spit
    By Michael Armstrong • June 23, 2021 2:30 am

    More benches donated by Rotary will go in this summer

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    People march in a combined Pride and Juneteenth event on Saturday, June 19, 2021, along Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Juneteenth, Pride march held last Saturday
    By Michael Armstrong • June 23, 2021 2:30 am

    Combined Juneteenth, Pride march held, while a second Pride march is this Sunday.

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough IT Director Ben Hanson speaks with attendees at a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers in Soldotna, Alaska. The attendees were concerned about voting measures approved by the assembly aimed at improving borough election security. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Borough)
    Borough assembly approves election security measures
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 23, 2021 2:30 am

    The new legislation only applies to borough elections. It does not apply to state or federal elections.

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